John Macnish

John Macnish is a British television personality. He was a TV producer at the BBC studios.

Life

John Surgeon Macnish was born in Carlisle, England on 25 September 1956. He was educated at Austin Friars School, Carlisle, and Sheffield University, receiving a degree in Prehistory & Archaeology.

As a television producer, he worked for the BBC before setting up his own company, Circlevision Ltd[1], in 1991. He served as a Senior Lecturer and course leader in Television Production at the University of Central Lancashire from 2009 to 2014.

Television career

After working as a lecturer at the BBC's Engineering Training Department[2] Macnish moved into mainstream TV production[3] at the BBC studios at Pebble Mill in Birmingham. He was studio director on the live lunchtime light entertainment show 'Daytime Live' and also directed 'The Chelsea Flower Show', 'Top Gear' and 'Scene Today'. Between 1992 and 1994 Macnish produced the award-winning BBC series 'The Human Animal' written and presented by renowned zoologist Desmond Morris. In 1996 he produced 'Salmon Against the Tides' presented by Sir David Attenborough a co-production between the BBC & Discovery US. In 1991 Macnish set up Circlevision Productions in partnership with his wife Jayne. The company went on to produce commercial productions and broadcast series including the notable BBC space science series "Final Frontier" and the observational documentary series following the Beagle 2 project to look for life on Mars[4] led by Prof. Colin Pillinger.

Macnish's production credits include:

  • Series producer, Scrapheap Challenge, Channel 4
  • Series producer, Beagle 2-A Mission to Mars, BBC
  • Series producer, Personal Passions, BBC
  • Producer, Watercolour Challenge, Channel 4
  • Producer, Future Weapons, Discovery Channel
  • Antiques Road Trip[5], BBC
  • Series director, Pawn Stars UK, season 2, History Channel.

Bibliography

'Crop Circle Apocalypse'[6] - A personal investigation into the Crop circle phenomenon ISBN 095225803X

References
  1. CIRCLEVISION - Television & Film production company based in South West France, Pyrenees. "Television production company UK/France, CIRCLEVISION TV Producers TV Directors". Circlevision.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  2. "BBC Training & Development > Training facilities at Wood Norton". Bbctraining.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  3. "BFI Film & Television Database: Filmography MACNISH, John". Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  4. "BBC Press Office Press release 27-05-2003 Beagle 2 - A Mission to Mars The inside story of a British-led space mission". Retrieved 26 July 2011.
  5. "Two Programmes - Antiques Road Trip: Series 1". BBC. 15 August 2010. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
  6. "John MacNish: Books". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
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